Shri Shikshayatan School

Shri Shikshayayatan School is a girls high school in Kolkata. It is affiliated to West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education.^[1]

History

The school had its origin as Marwari Balika Vidhyalaya, started from donations and leadership of Jugal Kishore Birla and Ghanshyam Das Birla, way back in 1920.^[2] At that time it was located in Burra Bazar area of old Calcutta.^[2]

In 1954, it shifted to its current located at 11, Lord Sinha Road Kolkata 700071^[1] and was rechristened as Shri Shikshayayatan School.^[2]

The school has now grown into women's college, Shri Shikshayatan College, which was founded in 1955.

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